Reform’s flagship seminary names first professorships for Aaron Panken, president who died in plane crash The $12 million endowment at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion was raised from 1,000 donors.
Rabbi Aaron Panken, HUC president, killed in plane crash A licensed pilot, he led the Reform movement's flagship seminary and its four campuses since 2014.
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